The Peruvian government decreed a three-day curfew on Tuesday, January 10 in the Puno region, on the border with Bolivia, where violent demonstrations against President Dina Boluarte have left 18 people dead since Monday, announced the Prime Minister. Alberto Otarola.
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“The Council of Ministers approved the decree” imposing a curfew in Puno “for a period of three days, from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m.”announced the Prime Minister during a plenary session of Parliament.
An indefinite strike in the Aymara region
Anti-government protests continued on Tuesday with road blockades in six regions as the government faces a confidence vote in parliament.
The epicenter of the protests, however, remains the Aymara (Amerindian people) region of Puno, on the border with Bolivia, where looting of shops and attacks on police vehicles took place overnight from Monday to Tuesday.
In this region, where an indefinite strike was declared on January 4, at least 18 people have lost their lives since Monday, the majority in clashes between police and demonstrators who tried to invade Juliaca airport .
These deaths bring to 40 the number of people who have died in nearly a month of protests since the dismissal by Parliament on December 7 of ex-president Pedro Castillo.
